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@hunnylvr, cry a little with me, sister! Murdy is tweeting hints and they are soooo for IT. I might go full fangirl tantrum if HHNH has it as an exclusive!
1 hour ago, CoopF22 said:Count me in on that denial club
Welcome to the club!
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38 minutes ago, CoopF22 said:
"A seaside town" - Not sure if this qualifies as seaside, but there is a river near Derry.
"Amidst a flood of people found awashed in blood" - Might be referencing the kid disappearances? Then when they're finally found, they're dead?
There was another riddle posted earlier and I really hope it's not referencing the loss of IT.
Mercurial and volatile
The game must always be agile
And now that things have gotten strange
You wait for answers on a change
Seaside is synonymous with coastal/oceanside. Amity in Jaws, although on an ocean instead of a sea, is considered a seaside retreat. A river wouldn't count.
Im ignoring all mentions of change. I can't deal. I can't give up. I'm having a small (ok maybe medium sized) fangirl meltdown.
5 minutes ago, hunnylvr said:Let me say again... I want PHANTASM! If we are going to get horror nostalgic, how is this not on the list?
I cannot even comment on the idea that IT may be scrapped. I, like @mystiquephreeq, made the huge mistake of getting my hopes up and actually believing the rumors. If there is a giant flushing sound emanating from the A&D offices, I don't want to know. I will also stay in denial until the full reveal if I have to.
YAAASSSSS! Join me in my denial!!
We can commiserate together if the hammer falls.
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8 minutes ago, Legacy said:
Sand Lot
Salem’s Lot
Salem Witch Trials
The Witch
Winchester house, confirmed.
So far, I've managed to have Rent house and Winchester house confirmed. I'm doing fantastic this year!
*waits for someone to confirm house based on the use of fantastic*
In all seriousness, I should have never allowed myself to get caught up in the King hype/spec/rumors. I should have known I was bound for heartbreak.
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3 hours ago, Legacy said:
Why does everyone assume Murdy would hint at losing the biggest potential get they could have ever gotten?
You're still killing me, Smalls!!!
Plausible deniability, that's why. I need a plausible reason to stay in denial.
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12 minutes ago, zombieman said:
Except that WB studio where IT will be is only a couple of miles from HHN Hollywood. They might want exclusivity for that property in California. Last year (and presumably this year) IT was the biggest draw WB Studio had for their Halloween event. Seems like they are dipping their toe in the water, seeing if they can make some Halloween $$$
*points to her post above* The rumors of IT being lost have only been swirling amongst HHNO groups. HHNH groups are just now picking up on our rumors and asking if they've lost IT, too.
IT was part of the original "leak". The original "leak" was Hollywood's line-up. The rumor mill seems split. There's a yes/no split currently on whether we are getting IT.
There was a tweet from Murdy about a happy horror dance. To my knowledge, that was the full greenlight happening for IT. Murdy has not retracted anything.
Edit: Please keep in mind that I've said I'm in denial land. I finally allowed myself to hope, and now I can't let IT go. Things still don't make sense, though
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6 minutes ago, Ringwraith said:
The issue with IT, is that the Warner Bros backlot tour already has a badass house based on the film during Halloween.
Except, there's been zero buzz about Hollywood losing IT. Murdy has stated their properties are locked and have been locked. Murdy hasn't lamented a loss or withdrawn his happy horror dance.
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2 hours ago, Legacy said:
Remember my comment about the categories I classify stuff with? Likely, Probable, Possible, and Unlikely to remind you?
I bring it up because yesterday brought a few surprising changes.
Enjoy.
You're killing me, Smalls!
*leaves Hope Land and enters Denial Land*
I'm going to be over here counting down to the announcement.
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4 hours ago, StupidStupidDan said:
Looks like someone woke Mike up.
Codename: “Poison” - Scene 7: Splatter
For everyone wondering how spec worked pre2012:
it was usually something like this. One word or image on the website that sparked imagination, and endless possibilities.
I want this one to be an original. Two original possibilities sprung into my head from those two words.
Poisonous Plantimals - plant/animal hybrids reeking havoc. Splatter is, of course, the scene with plantimals that can spit poison.
H.R. Bloodengutz Presents: Killer Plants from Outer Space - several "80's Horror/SciFi B movies" presented by everyone's favorite horror host. There's sooo many possible homages and Easter eggs. Audrey II, The Triffids, Swamp Thing, Body Snatchers, Killer Tomatos, etc...
These two potential original ideas, created solely upon two words, has turned me into Veruca Salt.
Its most likely The Thing, though. Poison fits it rather nicely as does Splatter. But a girl can dream, right?
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Since we are still discussing The Thing I'd like to add:
The Thing (2011) is not a reboot or remake. It is a prequel. The events of The Thing(2011) occur at the Norwegian base (Thule Station) and happen prior to the events at Outpost 31.
13 minutes ago, OhHaiInternet95 said:"Sequel" in 17, prequel in 21, original at 28.
NoES is WAY more of a head-scratcher in that regard--unless they do something original with it: go through common nightmares with visits from the man himself (late for work, boss yells at you, turns out to be Freddy). I'm fairly confident they're not gonna do that.
https://www.dreams.co.uk/sleep-matters-club/common-nightmares-and-what-they-mean/
The '07 Dreamwalkers is in the same category as Assimilation. Both contained elements of the movie(s), but both had "original" storylines. They both, also, contained iconic scenes from the movies.
If NoES occurs, I think it will get the recent TCM and Halloween treatment. It will be a faithful recreation of one of the movies. A scene for scene instead of a hodgepodge mixture.
As for why The Thing again:
Technological advancements. Puppetry, animatronic, and projection advancements will allow A&D to create a more faithful recreation. Spiderhead, Stomachmouth, Malamute peeling like a banana....you get the idea.
Edited dog type. My brain was mixing Resident Evil dogs with The Thing. (They used the same stick style puppets in Assimilation and RE).
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Assimilation wasn't The Thing ('82). The storyline was an "original". Outpost 3113 in Florida held the bodies of MacReady and Childs. The cryo units they held the bodies malfunctioned, and the alien/thing/virus was set loose in the outpost.
It was a "sequel" to The Thing.
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40 minutes ago, HHNManics said:
John J. Lloyd passed in 2014 and he was the Production Designer of The Thing. The Codename would be "John" with John Murdy and John Carpenter.
Don't forget Giger. I'd say Giger was a creative force for Alien.
Murdy's clues are never clear cut. Each hint isn't going to give us an answer. The hints must be combined.
Ring of Fire was written by June Carter Cash. It was sung at Woodstock. It was made famous by Johnny Cash.
I can never remember Murdy's age range. Finding the SoCal band Is proving more difficult.
If I'm correct on the movie:
Ring of Fire + Alien = The Thing
EDIT: The SoCal band is going to be a band formed prior to 1981. Murdy graduated in 1985 (yay for Murdy giving his graduation year).
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7 hours ago, Ringwraith said:
I was connecting the dots from an 80's perspective and it would be pretty dark if they had a happy, colorful, 80's feel to to the marketing and the event as a whole.
I love the juxtaposition of happy/light with dark/morbid. It's why I chose cute names for the gargoyles and I named my trivia team the Homicidal Unicorns.
The idea of the hyper-happy neon 80's coloring mixed with the macabre amuses and appeals to me. One of my favorite parts of the Twilight Zone Movie ('83) is "It's a Good Life". The coloring and cartoons makes the horror in that part.
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6 hours ago, Maxmoser said:
You talking about Eddie?
Yes. Specifically, Edgar Sawyer.
His original backstory is perfect for an event with so many 80s connections.
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39 minutes ago, Legacy said:
An icon can happen, it just has the click all the buttons. Marketing, I've been told, thinks Jack is the only old school icon worth using. A fraction of management, I've similarly been told, thinks icons are unnecessary entirely.
Any icon has to push through THAT obstacle course to be used.
They can gives us an icon or we will dub our own.
Gog and Magog, Eelmouth, Princess Sparkles and Fluffy (you should have named the gargoyles, A&D. Never let me name things for myself), Bone, Rosie, and many others have become unofficial icons/mascots for us fans. If they give us another Bone (honestly his name tells us that creative was giving us a bone), we will call that person an icon/mascot as well. They may not think a face is necessary, but it won't stop us from making one.
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7 hours ago, Maxmoser said:
Oh yeah. I’ve heard that from Zombie Chris on YouTube. So yeah an icon will not happen, unless Universal is like Hey we got an amazing idea!
I wonder if Zombie Chris is the same Zombie Chris from the Vault. If so, nice to see the Vault Chat nickname stuck.
There's an icon who has an 80's backstory. An icon who was obsessed with 80's horror, specifically the slashers. If he could be retconned back to his roots, he would be the perfect icon for the event.
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23 hours ago, Ringwraith said:
I can confirm one of the originals. And actually, it's not technically "original."
1 hour ago, Ringwraith said:I'm not sure if they're going to be "universal classic monsters," but there will be a mashup of monsters(not exactly sure from where) in one of the houses.
Since being able to solve more obscure clues is so rare nowadays...
"original" - this can elude to public domain characters, an IP(s) being used with an original backstory (Assimilation, CitW, AvP), or an original that pay homage to an existing property, but isn't the property (Die-In, The Skoolhouse, Interstellar Terror, Hostile Territory). I'm going to lean toward an original that pays homage.
Mash-up of monsters - while a Die-In style house makes sense, I'm going to lean toward a "space zoo". Specifically, 1985's Titan Find (aka Creature).
It would be a new and interesting concept, stays with the 80's theme that many of the properties have, and offers a chance to create original monsters.
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6 hours ago, fvcking cvnt said:
sorry to be a bother, but I'm trying to get acquainted with the lingo of house design and would like to know what the phrases I have bolded mean.
Video projection. Whether it's 3D video projection or a simple screen projection. If they are going to attempt The Mindflayer, it would need to be a video projection. If they budget the technology, 3D projection could be used to transfer us into the Upside Down in the middle of a scene.
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2 hours ago, fvcking cvnt said:
My completely half-baked, uninformed predictions:
Thing will be in a SS as I imagine it's a passion project for creative, probably one of the two near the back of NY
IT gets front of the park
StrTh will be in the other front of park SS
the creative team will let at least one OG have a SS but not sure, none of the other IPs really have to be in a SS
AHS will get MIB tent cuz it's gonna be small, maybe the facade will be the small house the cult spends most of the time in during the show I think Blumhouse will try to keep Halloween out of here because of their bad track record with the location
NoES will get a tent in the back or shrek, Halloween getting the other, both will probably get facades based on their respective "houses"
TrT will get the new parade building
leaving one OG in a tent, as Scarecrow did so well last year
The Thing will go to the place with the best temperature control. I'm guessing they'll want the vehicle in the house. Not sure if they'll use a snowcat or unimog (they have a unimog). This narrows it down to SS 22 or 23. Unless, they are able to get a vehicle into Shrek.
TrT makes more sense for the original parade bldg (if the rumors that kidzone will be spared this year hold true) or one of the sprungs. They can park the school bus out front of any of those.
StrTh needs the lighting control offered by an SS. Projection use would make sense in the house.
IT needs an SS. 21 or 24 simply due to scene size.
AHS in MIB.
NoES and Halloween are the toss ups. Either can go into a sprung or SS, but NoES in an SS gives more abilities for lighting effects. Boiler room, transitioning from dreamworld to reality. They could rely heavily on lighting.
That leaves Shrek and the parade or sprung for originals.
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Just now, OhHaiInternet95 said:
Precisely why I don't want it. This should be an adult event. I would have been all for a FNAF house if it hadn't drawn the fan base it did.
You could say I have a love-hate relationship with FNAF, haha.
Ditto...
My 5yr old son sleeps with Freddy Fazebear and Springtrap (I don't know if I want to have those names correct or not).
While seeing individuals on YouTube screaming and falling out of chairs due to jumpscares is highly entertaining the first few times, not so much after the 20th. (At least, I know my son has horror in his blood.)
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53 minutes ago, MGregorio594 said:
Looks like the writer of this artice was reading this forum lol
Im trying to figure out the space station thing.
26 minutes ago, fvcking cvnt said:most of the time they scan Inside Universal, which has a lot of overlap with this forum(including me)
^accurate
Who ever wrote that article has been perusing forums and FB groups.
Which is why im interested in the "space station rumor".
Its the first time I've seen it and I lurk all over the place.
Having participated in spec for 10 years now, one small detail or bit of info can create an entirely unrelated rumor.
Its like the spec about The Fly that's been going around. In 09, The Fly pods from HMU were used in Frankenstein. I wouldn't be surprised if The Fly pods have been seen somewhere that led to that rumor/spec, but the pods being used doesn't mean The Fly is being used.
Heck, The Fly pods being seen could lead to an original space station house rumor. They've got a space technology look to them, and if the individual was unfamiliar with The Fly...
EDIT TO ADD: I'm just going to go ahead and say permits may be more difficult to get this year. Last year, they were transferring over to a new system which made searching for permits almost impossible due to website downtime.
The transfer has happened and the new system for searching is a mess. I may have to go permit number by permit number. My previous go to search method doesn't result in permits from this year. Searching permit by permit limits my ability of looking for multiple different types of permit at once.
Im going to try to keep an eye open for DEM permits first. Any demo could play a role in house locations and numbers.
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52 minutes ago, Maxmoser said:
Also where can we find this survey? Or is it confidential?
http://www.universalorlandoresearch.com/
They are emailed to you.
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14 minutes ago, fvcking cvnt said:
Not trying to get anyone in trouble, but who's to stop you spilling the beans on an anonymous forum??
I am no longer anonymous, unfortunately. They know who I am. I've participated enough in the LT and HU ARGs that I'm recognized.
Also, I adhere to community standards as best as I can. HNN can get in trouble if confidential info is posted here.
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9 hours ago, TheRobcat said:
Rarely have I felt envious of those who completed a survey.
Surveys aren't all that fun. I participate in the surveys as a way to get "into the mind" of the Universal business side of things. Suggestions/ideas given in surveys rarely pan out, are complete givens, or ways to check the pulse points of customers.
They are, also, extraordinarily tedious. Sometimes, mindnumbingly tedious. Participating allows you to get a feel for what trends higher ups are noticing. It lets you formulate better speculation, but any information in the survey doesn't really equate to a rumor.
You're, also, bound by that pesky confidentiality agreement. If anything of interest shows a promising shift in business trends, you can't talk to anyone about it. You've gotta sit and wait while speculations ferment in your brain.
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18 minutes ago, krazyhorrorkid said:
Ok this is my first post yay! Not sure if anyone has mentioned this yet but apparently there is a Child's Play TV series in the works at the moment. Is this a possible HHN canadite for 28? If so I don't want it to be because it is extremely hard sometimes to get scare actors to meet the criteria they would be looking for if they were to do this property.
Welcome to the forums! To answer your question simply: No.
More detailed: They are in talks to create a tv series. There is no tv series. There is no pilot. While Chucky can always be a potential candidate, and as yet created or picked up tv series isn't going to be a candidate because it does not exist yet.
13 minutes ago, fvcking cvnt said:Welcome to the forums! Yeah I agree, everything I've seen of Chucky at the event from videos online has looked kinda silly, don't know how well it would fit at the event, but hey if the execs want it....
I liked the 09 Chucky house. If you like black humor/comedy houses, Chucky can be fun.
As for finding scarectors:
All the Chucky's in the 09 house were shorter females. EPROMs were used, and boo doors helped with the height issue. Also, there was more than Chucky in the house.
I still <3 you, Barrel Monkey. You always scared the crap out me even when I was watching out for you.
Halloween Horror Nights 28 Speculation
in Halloween Horror Nights 28
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Um....
I'm going to have to disagree on your interpretation of 1984 (both how it links to the clues, and the novels themes).
The entire theme of 1984 is a warning against totalitarianism. It's about government manipulation. Newspeak, reality control. Controlling the free thought of the populace.
This doesn't fit The Thing. It does fit IT. Derry has its own reality control. The Derry populace ignores IT's existence in exchange for quiet success. Derry prospers because of IT.
I can, of course, link 1984 (the year) itself to IT. Adrian Mellon is the first victim of the new cycle (adult cycle). His death occurs in 1984. His death was inspired by a real life incident that occurred in Bangor on July 7, 1984. The death of Charles Howard.
There is a theme regarding ostracization, outcasts, disregard for those who are different, "Losers" in general to IT.
Yes, I refuse to give up, but I, also, completely disagree with your interpretation of the themes from 1984 (the novel).